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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    In ‘Vice,’ is Dick Cheney the real man in power during the Bush presidency?

    Our critics review “Escape Room,” about a group of strangers who have to solve puzzles to survive; “Vice,” about Dick Cheney as Vice President to George W.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jan 4, 2019 • 1 min read

    Our critics review “Escape Room,” about a group of strangers who have to solve puzzles to survive; “Vice,” about Dick Cheney as Vice President to George W. Bush; “On the Basis of Sex,” about the early life of SCOTUS Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, starring Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer; and “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” on Netflix.

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    The full episode

    4 of 4
    Is the economy healthy or recession-bound?
    1. 0:00Are we heading toward a recession or not?
    2. 10:11How freshmen House Democrats are handling the government shutdown
    3. 17:59What Paradise learned from the Camp Fire
    4. 33:07In ‘Vice,’ is Dick Cheney the real man in power during the Bush presidency?You’re reading this
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